[Verse 1]
I've been scared to stop and survey
All the choices that I made
Like I barely beat addiction
But I keep the price I paid
And if I'm older, if I'm jaded
Now that I've made it for so long
Playing someone else's game
And singing someone else's song

[Refrain]
And if my pencil and my anger
Can agree to summarize
If I'm real, I know I'll never be surprised

[Chorus]
It seems like everybody, everybody
Makes the same mistakes
It seems like everybody, everybody's
Just so fuckin' fake
And I'm a hypocrite, I know
With that button down below
Just be careful when you choose to take the bait

[Verse 2]
So with our little lies, we optimize
The pictures on the screen
And we don't talk about the high we get
From knowing who might see
And like a king who loves his throne
I know the guilty will excuse
How we project our insecurities
And we know it gets more views
[Refrain]
Tell the children in my church
That mediocrity's unique
And I can sell the validation that they seek

[Chorus]
It seems like everybody, everybody
Makes the same mistakes
It seems like everybody, everybody's
Just so fuckin' fake
And I'm a hypocrite, I know
With that button down below
Just be careful when you choose to take the bait

[Bridge]
I didn't enjoy this, breaking my excuses down
I know why I avoid it, comfortable to sell a sound
And if I hold to honesty
I fell for my own con, but see
That shit that I was then is over now

[Chorus]
It seems like everybody, everybody
Makes the same mistakes
It seems like everybody, everybody's
Just so fuckin' fake
And I'm a hypocrite, I know
With that button down below
[Outro]
Just be careful when you choose
You never know what you might lose
Just be careful when you choose to take the bait